Publishing other people's privacy videos constitutes infringement, apology and compensation

　　□ Our reporter Pan Congwu

　　□ The correspondent of this newspaper, Guliga Keremu·Maimingjiang

　　Liu (male), Wang (female) and Zhang (female) are friends.

One day in March 2021, Wang found private information such as videos of Liu and Zhang chatting naked on Liu's mobile phone.

　　Dissatisfied with Liu's relationship with Zhang, Wang secretly sent the private information to his mobile phone, and then sent it to many people through the Internet.

　　In May 2021, Zhang was informed by a friend that there was a video of his naked chat online, and Zhang immediately called the police.

　　The police found out that Wang sent Zhang's naked chat videos and other private information to specific people, and according to the provisions of Article 42 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, Wang was given a 5-day administrative detention penalty.

　　Subsequently, Zhang sued Wang to the People's Court of Midong District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on the grounds that Wang had violated his reputation.

After accepting the case, the Midong District People's Court conducted mediation on the case according to law.

　　During the mediation process, the judge stated that, as a woman, Zhang had the obligation to pay attention to the protection of her private information, so she had a certain responsibility for the occurrence of this case.

At the same time, Wang Mou privately spread other people's private information, which violated Zhang Mou's legitimate rights and interests, and should bear the corresponding responsibility.

During the pretrial mediation, the plaintiff Zhang asked the defendant Wang to pay the mental damage consolation money and apologize.

The two parties reached a mediation agreement. Wang apologized to Zhang and compensated Zhang for spiritual comfort of 50,000 yuan.

　　According to the judge, Article 1024 of the Civil Code stipulates that civil subjects enjoy the right of reputation, and no organization or individual may infringe upon the right of reputation of others by means of insults or slander.

Reputation is the social evaluation of the character, prestige, talent and credit of civil subjects.

No organization or individual may infringe on the right of reputation of others by means of insulting, slandering, etc.

Citizens whose right to reputation has been violated have the right to demand that the infringement be stopped, their reputation restored, their influence eliminated, an apology be made, and compensation for losses may be demanded.

　　The judge reminded that the Internet is not an illegal place, and everyone must be cautious in their words and deeds online, and stick to the bottom line of law and morality.

At the same time, it is necessary to further enhance the awareness of self-prevention and improve the self-protection ability of private information.